Blindness in children

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7418, 2003, Pages 760-761

  Gilbert, Clare ^a   Awan, Haroon ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN MALARIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOPATHY; RUBELLA;

EID: 0141639690     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.760     Document Type: Editorial

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